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The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has been elected as the 1st Vice President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) B zone.
The election took place in Niamey, Niger Republic on Friday, on the margin of this year’s CAF African Schools Football Championship (WAFU B qualifying tournament) taking place in that country.
President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku, was elected President of the zone, while Oumarou Sawadogo, president of the Burkinabe Football Federation, was elected as the 2nd Vice President.
The WAFU B zone is made up of seven countries – Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Cote d’Ivoire.
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Gusau, who became President of NFF in September 2022, has served in several high-level capacities in African football, including being on the Organising Committee for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) and serving as a top security officer of both FIFA and CAF.
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